The widespread introduction of commercial stand-alone elongated machines came into the marketplace in 1988, following the introduction of the coin-operated penny press machine in 1971, which reduced the need for private affairs. Several designs were released to celebrate the fair, and are available in the coin-collecting community today. The first elongated coins in the United States were created at the World’s Columbian Exposition, held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. History of Pressed Pennies This is just one example of a pressed penny souvenir. I would always make sure to get my hands on at least one pressed penny because I’ve always been fascinated with them.
In the past, whenever I would go on a weekend trip to places like Kalahari Resort with my family, I would always spot at least one pressed penny machine in the main lobby. It’s common to find coin elongation machines in tourism hubs, such as museums, amusement parks, and natural or man-made landmarks. Such coins are often used as souvenir tokens. Credit to Orlando SentinelĪ pressed penny is one that has been flattened or stretched and printed with a new design.
What Are Pressed Pennies? This is what typical pressed pennies look like when people buy them from the penny press machines. My own collection of pressed pennies has a total of 36 because it also includes pressed pennies that I have gotten over the years. Since our visit was during our vacation in California, I’m definitely glad that I was able to collect about 18 pressed pennies from all the machines I encountered. Of course, with it being Disneyland, all of the designs for the pennies were Disney-themed.įor example, when we went to Disney California Adventure, at a gift shop for the movie Inside Out, there was an automatic pressed penny machine that had characters from Inside Out like Anger and Bing Bong, which I thought was pretty cool. Post Views: 7,565 Introduction This is my entire collection of pressed pennies that I have acquired over the years.ĭuring my family’s one-day visit to Disneyland, in every single gift shop we came across, there was a pressed penny souvenir machine, that was either a manual one with a crank or an automatic one.
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